JP2011036550A - Game apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a performance device less in restriction of arrangement space and large in size and to obtain a higher performance effect, in a game apparatus having a plurality of game terminals arranged on the almost same circumference. <P>SOLUTION: A pusher game machine 1 includes: a plurality of stations 10 arranged on the almost same circumference; a center drawing device 40 provided in front of an assumed player's eye position in each station, for determining payout awarded when a prescribed condition is satisfied in an individual game advanced in each station by drawing; and a ceiling roulette device 50 provided above the horizontal plane of the assumed player's eye position and above the center drawing device, for displaying a result according to the drawing result of the center drawing device. The ceiling roulette device includes a stop position indication panel 53 provided so as to be rotated by a driving device having a rotary shaft on the axis of the almost same circumference and provided so as to indicate one of the plurality of stations in the state that the rotation is stopped. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention is a game comprising a plurality of game terminals arranged on substantially the same circumference, a lottery device located inside the circumference, and a result indicating device as an effect device provided above the lottery device. It relates to the device.

  As this type of game device, for example, a pusher game machine described in Patent Document 1 is known. This pusher game machine is composed of 10 stations (game terminals) arranged on substantially the same circumference, and a central lottery arranged in front of the assumed player's eye position in the stations. Device. The central lottery device performs physical lottery using a ball in a state where the player can visually recognize, and is an effect device that performs a lottery effect of the physical lottery and a lottery result effect of informing the lottery result.

  In general, in a game device as described above, it is advantageous to use a movable and large effect device in order to obtain a high effect. In the pusher game machine described in Patent Document 1, the central lottery device is composed of a rotary lottery effect device that rotates around a rotation axis that extends in the horizontal direction. The production device is desired.

  However, in a game device having a plurality of game terminals arranged on substantially the same circumference, the effect device arranged in the central portion including the central lottery device (effect device) of Patent Document 1 is a plurality of games. It was configured to fit within the area surrounded by the terminal. This is because, even if an attempt is made to increase the size of the effect device, the arrangement space of the effect device is limited by the constituent members of a plurality of game terminals surrounding the effect device.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above background, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game device having a plurality of game terminals arranged on substantially the same circumference with less restrictions on the arrangement space of the rendering device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game device that can easily increase the size of the effect device and obtain a higher effect.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 is provided in front of a plurality of game terminals arranged on substantially the same circumference and an assumed player's eye position in each of the game terminals. A lottery device for determining a payout to be given when a predetermined condition is satisfied in an individual game to be advanced by lottery, and a lottery device provided above the lottery device above the horizontal plane of the assumed player's eye position, A game device comprising a result indicating device for displaying a result according to a result, and a control means for controlling the lottery device and the result indicating device, wherein the result indicating device is a central axis of the substantially same circumference A rotation driving unit having a rotation shaft on the upper side, and an instruction unit provided so as to be rotatable by the rotation driving unit and capable of instructing any of the plurality of game terminals in a state where the rotation is stopped. It is characterized in being configured Nde.
In this game apparatus, the lottery apparatus is positioned in front of the assumed player's eye position, that is, in the center direction of the circumference as seen from each of the plurality of game terminals arranged on substantially the same circumference. And this lottery device determines the payout to be given to the game terminal by lottery when a predetermined condition is satisfied in the individual game progressed at each game terminal.
The result indicating device functions as an effect device that displays a result corresponding to the result of the lottery performed by the lottery device. The result indicating device is positioned vertically above the assumed player's eye position in each game terminal, and points to any one of the plurality of game devices by the indicating unit that can be rotated by the rotation driving unit. ing.
The component of the game terminal is generally present at a position vertically below the assumed player's eye position, and a space above the assumed player's eye position in the vertical direction is open. In addition, even if some of the components of the game terminal exist up to a position vertically above the assumed player's eye position, the components that exist at a position vertically above the assumed player's eye position can be easily omitted. Often it can be done. Therefore, at a position vertically above the assumed player's eye position, the constituent member of the result indicating device is unlikely to conflict with the constituent member of the game terminal. Therefore, according to the present game device, the result indicating device can be increased in size so that the constituent members of the result indicating device are located outside the region surrounded by the plurality of game terminals. Therefore, it is possible to obtain a higher rendering effect than a conventional rendering device that is housed in an area surrounded by a plurality of game terminals.
As a result, by stopping the rotation of the rotation-driven instruction unit at a desired position, it is possible to produce an effect that allows the player to recognize a game terminal that is a payment target from among a plurality of game terminals. It should be noted that by stopping the rotation so that the instruction unit is not suitable for any game terminal of the plurality of game terminals, it is possible to perform an effect that recognizes that no game terminal is eligible for payout. Good. In this case, the instruction unit may be stopped so as to be positioned between the game terminal and the game terminal. In addition, only when the result of the lottery by the lottery device is a specific prize, the game terminal for paying a dividend for the specific prize may be determined using the result indicating device.
Thus, the result indicating device of the game device can be effectively used as an effect device for recognizing the payout target of the payout for the lottery result by the lottery device.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the game device of the first aspect, the result indicating device further displays a result corresponding to a result of a lottery performed in the individual game.
In this game device, the result indicating device displays the result according to the result of the lottery performed in the individual game, in addition to displaying the result according to the result of the lottery by the lottery device. An example of a lottery performed in an individual game is an electronic lottery using pseudorandom numbers.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a plurality of game terminals arranged on substantially the same circumference, and an individual game that is provided in front of an assumed player's eye position in each of the game terminals and is advanced at each of the game terminals. A lottery device for determining a dividend to be awarded when the above condition is satisfied;
A result indicating device which is provided above the horizontal plane of the assumed player's eye position and above the lottery device and which displays a result according to the result of the electronic lottery game performed in the individual game; the lottery device; and the result indicating device. The result indicating device is provided with a rotation drive unit having a rotation axis on the central axis of the substantially same circumference, and a rotation drive unit rotatably provided by the rotation drive unit. And an instruction unit provided so as to be capable of instructing any of the plurality of game terminals in a state where the rotation is stopped.
In this game apparatus, the lottery apparatus is positioned in front of the assumed player's eye position, that is, in the center direction of the circumference as seen from each of the plurality of game terminals arranged on substantially the same circumference. Therefore, the lottery apparatus determines the payout to be given to the game terminal when the predetermined condition is satisfied in the individual game progressed at each game terminal.
The result indicating device functions as an effect device that displays a result corresponding to the result of the lottery performed by the lottery device. The result indicating device is positioned vertically above the assumed player's eye position in each game terminal, and points to any one of the plurality of game devices by the indicating unit that can be rotated by the rotation driving unit. ing.
The component of the game terminal is generally present at a position vertically below the assumed player's eye position, and a space above the assumed player's eye position in the vertical direction is open. In addition, even if some of the components of the game terminal exist up to a position vertically above the assumed player's eye position, the components that exist at a position vertically above the assumed player's eye position can be easily omitted. Often it can be done. Therefore, at a position vertically above the assumed player's eye position, the constituent member of the result indicating device is unlikely to conflict with the constituent member of the game terminal. Therefore, according to the present game device, the result indicating device can be increased in size so that the constituent members of the result indicating device are located outside the region surrounded by the plurality of game terminals. Therefore, it is possible to obtain a higher rendering effect than a conventional rendering device that is housed in an area surrounded by a plurality of game terminals.
As a result, by stopping the rotation of the rotation-driven instruction unit at a desired position, it is possible to produce an effect that allows the player to recognize a game terminal that is a payment target from among a plurality of game terminals. It should be noted that by stopping the rotation so that the instruction unit is not suitable for any game terminal of the plurality of game terminals, it is possible to perform an effect that recognizes that no game terminal is eligible for payout. Good. In this case, the instruction unit may be stopped so as to be positioned between the game terminal and the game terminal. In addition, only when the result of the lottery by the lottery device is a specific prize, the game terminal for paying a dividend for the specific prize may be determined using the result indicating device.
Thus, the result indicating device of the game device can be effectively used as an effect device for recognizing the payout target of the payout for the lottery result by the lottery device.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the game device according to any one of the first to third aspects, the instruction unit instructs only one game terminal among the plurality of game terminals. The control means includes control for stopping the rotation of the instruction unit such that the instruction unit instructs and stops any of the plurality of game terminals.
In this game apparatus, the result instruction device can produce an effect that the instruction unit stops the rotation so that the instruction unit instructs and stops any one of the plurality of game terminals. Thereby, for example, by using the result indicating device for the effect of specifying one game terminal to be given a payout from a plurality of game terminals, it is possible to give a high effect to the effect.
Depending on the result of the lottery performed by the lottery device or the individual game, the instruction unit may stop at a position where none of the plurality of game terminals is instructed. Also, the game terminal that the player is playing may be specified in advance, and one game terminal may be specified in advance, or a dividend will be awarded when it is determined that there is a player at the specified game terminal It may be.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the game device according to any one of the first to third aspects, the instruction unit instructs a predetermined number of game terminals of two or more of the plurality of game terminals. The control means includes control for stopping the rotation of the instruction unit so that the instruction unit instructs and stops the predetermined number of game terminals different from each other among the plurality of game terminals. Is.
In this game device, the result indicating device can produce an effect that the instruction unit stops rotation so that the instruction unit indicates and stops a predetermined number of two or more different game terminals among the plurality of game terminals. Thereby, for example, by using the result indicating device for the effect of simultaneously specifying a plurality of game terminals to be given a dividend, a high effect can be given to the effect.
Note that, depending on the result of the lottery performed by the lottery device or the individual game, the game may be stopped at a position where none of the plurality of game terminals of the instruction unit is instructed. Further, when there is a game terminal being played by the player among the predetermined number of specified game terminals, a payout may be awarded to the game terminal determined to have the player.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the game device according to the fourth or fifth aspect, the instruction unit includes a payout instruction unit that displays a payout to be given to the instructed game terminal, and the control unit stops rotation. It includes control for giving a payout instructed by the payout instructing unit to a game terminal instructed by the instructing unit later.
In this game device, the result indicating device displays the content of the payout to be paid to the game device to be paid, in addition to specifying the game terminal that is to be paid by the instructing unit. Further, whether or not to actually pay the payout instructed by the payout instructing unit to the game terminal instructed by the instructing unit may be determined based on a predetermined condition (for example, lottery or the like).
The content of the payout is not limited to the amount of medals in the medal game machine, but may be a right to start a special game different from the individual game, and can be set as appropriate according to the type of game.

  As described above, according to the present invention, in a game device having a plurality of game terminals arranged on substantially the same circumference, by providing a result indicating device as a production device so that there are few restrictions on the arrangement space, The size can be increased, and an excellent effect can be obtained that a high production effect by the production device can be obtained.

FIG. 1 is an external view of a pusher game machine according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the ceiling roulette device of the pusher game machine. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a station of the pusher game machine. FIG. 4 is a control block diagram showing a station control unit provided in the station. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the station lottery apparatus. FIG. 6 is a block diagram for explaining a hardware configuration of a main control unit provided in the central lottery device of the pusher game machine. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow of the central lottery performed by the central lottery apparatus. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the flow of the ceiling roulette lottery event.

Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a pusher game machine which is a medal game machine as a game apparatus having 10 game terminal stations will be described. Needless to say, game devices to which the present invention is applicable are not limited to pusher game machines.
FIG. 1 is an external view of a pusher game machine 1 according to the present embodiment.
The pusher game machine 1 has a play field 2 as ten independent effect display spaces, and in each play field 2, two players (users) can play a pusher game. Therefore, a maximum of 20 players can play a game simultaneously. Further, the space where the player plays is divided by pillars 3 for each play field 2, and between the pillars 3 is covered with a transparent cover. As a result, the player cannot directly touch the mechanism inside the play field. Further, in each play field 2, a pusher game is executed by the station 10 as a game device that performs an independent pusher game.

  Further, the pusher game machine 1 has ten stations 10 arranged on substantially the same circumference, and a central lottery device 40 as a lottery device is provided at the center portion thereof. The central lottery device 40 is provided in front of an assumed player's eye position (a height position of about 150 cm to 180 cm above the floor) when the player is playing at each station 10, and two main displays 47A and 47B are provided in front. Has been placed. The central lottery device 40 is a lottery device that performs a lottery to determine a payout to be given to a game terminal in a central lottery described later. A ceiling roulette device 50 as a result indicating device is provided above the central lottery device 40. The ceiling roulette device 50 as a result indicating device is configured such that the entire roulette portion 50b constituted by a plurality of indicating units in the result indicating device is located above the horizontal plane of the assumed player eye position.

  The central lottery device 40 can be rotated independently of the ceiling roulette device 50 by a rotation driving device of a lottery device (not shown) around a rotation axis extending in the vertical direction passing through the center of the pusher game machine 1. . Thereby, the two main displays 47A and 47B arranged in front of the central lottery device 40 can be directed to the desired station 10. Further, the ceiling roulette device 50 is rotated independently of the central lottery device 40 by a roulette drive device (rotation drive unit) (not shown) around a rotation axis extending in the vertical direction passing through the center of the pusher game machine 1. can do.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an appearance when the ceiling roulette device 50 is viewed obliquely from below.
The ceiling roulette device 50 is attached to the upper part of the central lottery device 40 by being fixed to a fixed frame provided inside the central lottery device 40. A roulette driving device (not shown), which is a driving device, is arranged below the central lottery device 40, and a roulette portion 50b fixed to a driving shaft (not shown) extending therefrom is constituted by a plurality of indicating portions in the result indicating device. The roulette portion 50b has a structure in which 20 payout display panels 52 are arranged in a substantially arc shape, and 20 stop position indication panels 53 as indication portions are attached to the radially outer portion thereof. . The 20 payout display panels 52 and the 20 stop position instruction panels 53 are integrally supported by a frame member (not shown), and a drive shaft is fixed to the frame member. The radially outer portion of the 20 payout display panels 52 and the 20 stop position indicating panels 53 are arranged so as to reach the upper side in the vertical direction of the play field 2 of each station 10. As a result, when the drive shaft is rotated by the roulette driving device, the roulette portion 50b is rotated accordingly, whereby the 20 payout display panels 52 and the 20 stop position indicating panels 53 are changed to the play field 2 of each station 10. It moves in the vertical direction.

The ceiling roulette device 50 includes a roulette portion 50b that is rotatably provided and a fixed turntable 54, and the turntable 54 does not rotate even when the roulette portion 50b is rotating. It has become. A detection sensor 55 is attached to the top of the turntable 54, and one detected part is provided in the roulette part 50b. Specifically, the detection sensor 55 is composed of 20 optical sensors, and the detected part is a light shielding member that can shield only one optical sensor at a time. When the roulette unit 50b rotates, the light shielding member is structured to rotate and move while sequentially blocking the light receiving parts of the 20 optical sensors one by one, so that the main control part is shielded from the light receiving part. By identifying the optical sensor that is present, it is possible to grasp the current rotational position of the roulette unit 50b.
In addition, when the position where the light shielding member is attached is set as a reference position for control, and the roulette unit 50b is stopped at a stop position where a predetermined instruction unit indicates a predetermined game terminal, A predetermined stop position at which the reference position should be stopped is calculated from the relative positions of the respective instruction units, and the roulette driving device is controlled to stop the reference position at the predetermined stop position.

  In the present embodiment, the ceiling roulette device 50 is used to perform a lottery effect for a ceiling roulette lottery described later and a lottery result notification effect for notifying the lottery result. More specifically, in the present embodiment, each winning position corresponding to each station 10 is set at a substantially middle position in the roulette rotation direction in the upper area of each station divided by the pillar 3. Then, by rotating the roulette unit 50b of the ceiling roulette device 50, the payout display panel 52 and the stop position instruction panel 53 of the roulette unit 50b and each winning position are relatively moved. This relative movement is a lottery effect that gives the player who plays at each station the impression that a lottery is being performed using the ceiling roulette device 50. Thereafter, when the rotation of the roulette unit 50b of the ceiling roulette device 50 is stopped, the payout amount displayed on the payout display panel 52 corresponding to the stop position indicating panel 53 stopped at a position opposite to each winning position is set to each station. The player is informed that the amount of payout to be paid out to the player who plays at 10. By this notification, the lottery result of the ceiling roulette lottery is recognized by the player.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of the station 10.
The station 10 is provided with two medal inserters 11 for sending out medals as game media to be bet and payout in the play field 2. Note that the medal inserter on the right side in the figure is omitted for the sake of explanation. The medal inserter 11 constitutes an operation accepting unit and a betting object accepting unit, and has a medal slot 11a exposed on the outer front side of the pusher game machine 1. When a player inserts a medal M from the medal insertion slot 11a, the medal M passes through the medal passage portion 11b and is discharged from the tip. The medal passage portion 11b is provided with an inserted number detection sensor 11d that detects passage of medals, detects a medal inserted by the player, and outputs a detection signal to a station control unit described later. The front end of the medal passage portion 11 b is disposed so as to protrude into the play field 2, and the medal M discharged from the front end is inserted into the play field 2. Further, the medal inserter 11 is rotatably attached by a shaft portion 11c fixed to the main body portion of the pusher game machine 1 so that the player can appropriately select the throwing direction of the medal M. Thereby, the player can turn the front-end | tip of the medal path part 11b of the medal insertion device 11 right and left within a predetermined range.

In the play field 2 into which the medal M is inserted by the medal inserter 11, an upper medal mounting table 12, a middle medal mounting table 13, and a lower medal mounting table 14 are provided.
The lower medal mounting table 14 mounts a large number of medals M on its upper surface. When the medal M falls into the medal dropping groove 15 formed on the front side of the lower medal mounting table 14 in the drawing, the medal M is correspondingly on the medal insertion mounting surface 5 provided on the front surface of the main body of the pusher game machine 1. Is discharged. Thereby, the player can acquire the medal M. Further, a stopper portion 14a is formed at the front end of the lower medal placement table 14 in the drawing so that the medal M accumulated on the lower medal placement table 14 does not easily fall into the medal dropping groove 15. The stopper portion 14a is formed by bending the medal placement surface on the lower medal placement table 14 upward.
The middle medal placement table 13 reciprocates along the upper surface of the lower medal placement table 14 with a predetermined stroke in a direction indicated by an arrow A in the figure by a placement table driving means (not shown). The middle medal placing table 13 that reciprocates in this way pushes out the medal M present on the lower medal placing table 14 part where the middle medal placing table 13 reciprocates to the front side in the figure. FIG. 3 shows a state where the middle medals placing table 13 has moved to the foremost position in the figure. Further, the middle-stage medal placement table 13 places a medal M on the upper surface thereof. When the medal M on the middle medal placing table 13 falls to the front side in the figure, it is placed on the lower medal placing table 14. When the medal M falls from the middle medal placement table 13 when the middle medal placement table 13 is not in the foremost position, the medal M is pushed by the middle medal placement table 13 and the lower medal M is accumulated. It is pushed into the medal placement surface. When the medal M is pushed in this way, the medal M accumulated on the lower medal mounting table 14 is pushed to the front side in the figure, and the pressing force is applied to the medal M stopped by the stopper portion 14a. The medal M falls into the medal drop groove 15.
The front side portion of the upper medal mounting table 12 in the drawing is disposed along the upper surface of the middle medal mounting table 13. When the middle medal placing table 13 is reciprocated in the direction indicated by the arrow A in the figure by the placing table driving means, the upper medal placing table 12 displays the medal of the portion located on the back side in the figure on the middle medal placing table 13. Push it out to the front side.

  In the play field 2, a medal jump table 16 and a medal chucker 17 are provided. The medal jumping table 16 has a medal moving surface 16a made of a transparent acrylic plate that is inclined so that the rear side in FIG. 3 is at a high position. 13 is fixed. As a result, the placing table moving means for reciprocating the middle medal placing table 13 in the direction of arrow A in the figure moves the medal jump table 16 relative to the medal chucker 17. Therefore, the medal moving surface 16a reciprocates relative to the medal chucker 17 in the horizontal direction by reciprocating together with the middle medal mounting table 13.

  The medal chucker 17 is formed with seven medal passage openings 17a at the center in the horizontal direction so as to correspond to the two medal inserters 11 provided in the station 10. The medal inserter 11 located on the left side in FIG. 3 corresponds to seven medal passage openings 17 a located on the left side of the medal chucker 17 in the figure. The medal chucker 17 is configured to reciprocate in the horizontal direction in a direction orthogonal to the moving direction of the medal jump table 16 by a chucker driving means (not shown). A medal detection sensor (not shown) that detects the medal M that has passed through the medal passage port 17a is provided on the back surface of the medal chucker 17. This medal detection sensor is a photo interrupter arranged so as to face both ends of the medal chucker 17 in the horizontal direction. When the optical path between these is interrupted by the medal M passing through the medal passage port 17a, the detection signal Is output. The detection signal of the medal detection sensor is sent to the station control unit inside the station.

  A slot device 20 is provided in the play field 2. The slot device 20 is a liquid crystal display device, and three reel images are displayed on the liquid crystal screen. The slot device 20 is subjected to display control by a station control unit inside the station.

FIG. 4 is a control block diagram showing the station control unit 30 provided in each station 10.
Each station control unit 30 includes a station control device 31 as game progress control means, a display control device 32 that performs display control of the slot device 20 under the control of the station control device 31, and various types executed by the station control device 31. A ROM 33 for storing programs and various databases, and a RAM 34 for temporarily recording various data used in programs executed by the station control device 31 are provided. In addition, the station control device 31 includes a medal detection sensor 19b that detects a medal M that has passed through the medal passage port 17a of the medal chucker 17, a inserted number detection sensor 11d that detects the passage of the medal M inserted into the medal inserter 11, It is also connected to a count sensor 21 a that detects the medal M discharged from the medal payout device 21.

  When the player inserts a medal M into the medal inserter 11, a detection signal is output from the inserted number detection sensor 11d to the station control device 31. Receiving this detection signal, the station control device 31 outputs a medal insertion signal to the main control unit described later. When the medal M passes through the medal passage port 17a, a detection signal is output from the medal detection sensor 19b to the station control device 31. Upon receiving this detection signal, the station control device 31 executes a lottery program stored in the ROM 33. The station control device 31 that executes the lottery program generates a lottery random number, and compares the generated lottery random number with the generated lottery random number in the light of the winning probability table in which the correspondence between the generated lottery random number and each prize is described. The winning prize will be determined based on this. In this lottery, the winning prize may not be determined, and a loss may be determined. Then, the station control device 31 outputs an image display command to the display control device 32 based on the determination information.

  Upon receiving the image display command, the display control device 32 displays an image of rotation of the three reels on the screen of the slot device 20, and finally displays a stop image of the three reels. At this time, when the winning prize is determined by the station control device 31, the combination of symbols related to the winning prize is finally stopped based on the image display command. If the station controller 31 has determined that a loss has occurred, an appropriate symbol combination that does not ultimately correspond to the winning prize is stopped and displayed based on the image display command. As a result, the player can see the lottery result when the medal M passes the medal passage port 17a by looking at the screen of the slot device 20.

When the winning prize is determined by executing the lottery program, the station control device 31 gives the player a privilege corresponding to the winning prize.
For example, when a medal payout award for paying out a predetermined number of medals is won, the station control device 31 outputs a medal payout command to the medal payout device 21 constituting the payout processing means. As shown in FIG. 3, the medal payout device 21 includes a medal storage unit that stores a large number of medals installed inside the pusher game machine 1, and a medal hopper unit that pays out medals stored in the medal storage unit. And a medal passage section 22 for guiding medals paid out from the medal hopper section into the play field 2. Upon receiving the medal payout command, the medal payout device 21 controls the medal hopper unit and executes the medal discharge operation for the number of medals according to the medal payout command. The medals M paid out by the medal hopper portion are discharged from the medal payout port 22a through the medal passage portion 22. The medals discharged from the medal payout device 21 are detected by the count sensor 21a, and the detection signal is sent to the station control device 31. Receiving this detection signal, the station control device 31 outputs a medal payout signal to a main control unit described later.

  The medal M discharged from the medal payout opening 22a falls on the upper surface plate 13a of the middle medal mounting table 13, whereby a predetermined number of medals are paid out into the play field 2. In the present embodiment, even if the medal payout prize is won, medals are not paid out directly to the player, but the number of medals M according to the prize is paid out into the play field 2. Therefore, in order for the player to acquire the medal M, it must be dropped into the medal dropping groove 15 on the front side of the lower medal mounting table 14 in the drawing. Note that a large number of medals M paid out by the medal payout device 21 are deposited on the middle medal placement table 13 and the lower medal placement table 14 because they are drowned into the middle medal placement table 13 and the lower medal placement table 14. The medal M is pushed out, and finally a large number of medals are paid out to the player.

  In addition, for example, when the station control device 31 determines that the ball bonus prize is won by executing the lottery program, the ball B as a spherical lottery moving object is supplied onto the lower medal placement table 14 in the play field 2. The Specifically, when the winning of the ball bonus prize is determined, the station control device 31 outputs a ball supply command to the ball supply device 23. As shown in FIG. 3, the ball supply device 23 includes a ball storage unit (not shown) disposed inside the pusher game machine 1, a ball supply control unit (not shown), and a first transport rail 23a from the ball storage unit. A ball holding portion 23b for temporarily holding the ball B supplied therethrough, a second transfer rail 23c for transferring the ball B held by the ball holding portion 23b onto the lower medal mounting table 14, and A third transport rail 23d for transporting the ball B held by the ball holding portion 23b to the medal drop groove 15 is provided. When the ball supply command from the station control device 31 is received by the ball supply control unit of the ball supply device 23, the ball supply control unit controls each unit according to the ball supply command.

  The ball B supplied in this way is present in the play field in a state of being placed on the medal M accumulated on the lower medal mounting table 14. Then, along with the movement of the medal M, it moves toward the medal dropping groove 15. Here, a notch portion 14b is formed in the central portion of the stopper portion 14a provided on the lower medal mounting table 14 so that the medal M can easily fall. In addition, two ball guides 24 are provided above the lower medal mounting table 14 so that only the ball B on the lower medal mounting table 14 is moved toward the center. Therefore, the ball B on the lower medal mounting table 14 is moved toward the center by the ball guide 24 toward the medal drop groove 15, and the medal drop groove via the notch portion 14b of the stopper portion 14a that is easily dropped. Fall to 15.

  When the ball B falls in the medal drop groove 15 in this way, it is received by the ball collection rail 25 that sorts the medal M and the ball B provided in the medal drop groove 15 and collects only the ball B, which will be described later. Is sent to a station lottery device 70 which will be described later through the ball transport mechanism. When the station lottery device 70 wins, a lottery using the central lottery device 40 shown in FIG. 1 is performed.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the station lottery apparatus 70.
When the ball B is received by the ball collection rail 25 in the medal drop groove 15, the ball B is sent to the station lottery device 70 through the ball ascending / conveying mechanism 69. The station lottery device 70 is arranged on the central lottery device 40 side of the slot device 20 provided in each station 10, that is, on the back side of the slot device 20 as viewed from the player.

  The station lottery device 70 includes an introduction rail 71, a ball cradle 72, and a lottery chucker 73. The ball B that has been transported from the medal drop groove 15 to the upper portion of the ball ascending transport mechanism 69 is guided to the introduction rail 71, and is supplied into the ball rest 72 through the introduction rail 71. The ball pedestal 72 is formed in a mortar shape, and the ball B introduced from the introduction rail 71 rolls around the central axis O of the ball pedestal 72 while rotating along the inner peripheral surface 72a. And it reaches | attains the lottery chucker 73 provided in the central-axis O part on the internal peripheral surface 72a of the ball | bowl stand 72. FIG. The lottery chucker 73 is formed with six lottery pockets, one of which is one special accommodation space K as a special pocket, and the other five are other accommodation pockets J which are other lottery pockets. It is.

  In the station lottery device 70, a physical lottery is performed to determine which of the six accommodation spaces J and K the ball B introduced from the introduction rail 71 enters. When the ball B enters the special accommodation space K, the ball B is guided to the center axis O while being on the holding rail, and is detected by a ball detection device (not shown). As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, a ball detection signal is output from the ball detection device 79 to the station control device 31. When the station control device 31 receives the ball detection signal from the ball detection device 79, the station control device 31 outputs a lottery start request to the main control unit that controls the entire pusher game machine 1. The main control unit that has received the lottery start request rotates the central lottery device 40 so that the front of the central lottery device 40 faces the station 10. Thereafter, the central lottery apparatus 40 performs a central lottery.

  On the other hand, when the ball B introduced from the introduction rail 71 enters the normal accommodation space J among the six accommodation spaces, the lottery chucker 73 rotates while the ball B is held in the normal accommodation space J. Is rotated and conveyed. On the inner peripheral surface 72 a of the ball receiving base 72, a ball collection port 72 b is opened on the moving path of the ball B held in the normal accommodation space J. Therefore, when the ball B held in the normal accommodation space J is rotated and conveyed to the position of the ball collection port 72 b by the lottery chucker 73, the ball B enters the ball collection port 72 b and is provided on the upper surface of the casing 78. It falls into 78a. The ball collection passage 78a extends to a ball storage portion (not shown) and guides the ball B to the ball storage portion.

  When the ball B accommodated in the normal accommodation space J passes through the ball collection port 72b, the ball B is detected by a ball detection means such as a photo interrupter (not shown), and a detection signal is sent to the station control device 31. The station control device 31 that has received this detection signal uses the medal payout device 21 to pay out the number of medals according to the type of the normal accommodation space J in which the ball B is accommodated. At this time, since the station control device 31 recognizes the rotation angle of the stepping motor 76 that rotates the lottery chucker 73, the ball B is determined from the rotation angle of the stepping motor 76 when the ball B passes the ball collection port 72b. Can be identified. The station control device 31 that has identified the normal accommodation space J in which the balls B are accommodated in this way outputs a medal payout command for paying out a predetermined number of medals for each normal accommodation space to the medal payout device 21. Then, the medal M is paid out into the play field 2 of the player.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram for explaining the hardware configuration of the main control unit provided in the central lottery apparatus 40.
The main control unit includes a main control device 41, a storage device 42 that stores various programs executed by the main control device 41, various databases, data tables, and the like, and the main displays 47A and 47B under the control of the main control device 41. And a display control device 43 that performs display control. The main control unit also outputs a signal output from a command output device 44 that outputs a medal payout command to the medal payout device 45 that constitutes the payout payout processing means, and a detection sensor 55 provided in the ceiling roulette device 50. And a roulette rotation position detection device 46 that receives and detects the rotation position of the roulette unit 50b.

Next, the central lottery performed by the central lottery apparatus 40 will be described.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow of the central lottery performed by the central lottery apparatus 40.
When the ball B enters the special accommodation space K by physical lottery in the station lottery device 70 of each station 10 (S1), a lottery start request is sent from the station control device 31 to the main control unit, and the central lottery device 40 performs central lottery. Is started. In this central lottery, first, the main control device 41 controls the casing rotation drive device 48 to the front of the central lottery device 40, that is, the two main displays 47A and 47B with respect to the station 10 that is the transmission source of the lottery start request. The central lottery device 40 is rotated so that the direction is correct (S2).

  The main control device 41 that has received the lottery start request executes a central lottery program, generates random numbers for lottery, and wins probabilities in which the correspondence between the generated random numbers for lottery and respective prizes are described. In the light of the table, a central lottery is performed for determining a winning prize based on the generated random numbers for lottery (S3). In this central lottery, no losing is determined in which no winning prize is determined, but a losing may be determined. Then, the main control device 41 outputs an image display command to the display control device 43 based on the determination information. The two main displays 47A and 47B of the central lottery apparatus 40 function as one display means adjacent to the left and right. Therefore, the display control device 43 that has received the image display command displays an image in which one reel rotates on one display means including the two main displays 47A and 47B, and finally displays a stop image of the reel. A lottery result notification effect process is performed (S4). This stop image is obtained by stopping and displaying the symbol related to the winning prize based on the image display command. Thereby, the player can know the result of the center lottery by looking at the screens of the two main displays 47A and 47B.

  In the central lottery of the present embodiment, a plurality of medal payout awards with different medal payout numbers and an event award for starting a ceiling roulette lottery event in which a lottery result notification effect using the ceiling roulette device 50 is performed are prepared. Yes. When the medal payout prize is won (No in S5), the medal payout is performed in the play field 2 of the station 10 related to the win using the medal payout device 45 of the central lottery device 40 (S6). On the other hand, when the event award is won (Yes in S5), a ceiling roulette lottery event in which a lottery result notification effect using the ceiling roulette device 50 provided in the central lottery device 40 is performed is started.

Next, the ceiling roulette lottery event will be described.
In the ceiling roulette lottery event in the present embodiment, a medal with a payout amount of 50, 100, 200, 500, or 1000 for all the plurality of stations 10 satisfying a predetermined event participation condition. Will be paid out. Specifically, the main control device 41 executes the lottery by executing the event program, and performs the lottery result notification effect using the ceiling roulette device 50 provided at the upper part of the central lottery device 40. On the 20 payout display panels 52 provided in the roulette unit 50b of the ceiling roulette device 50, there are 12 payouts of 50, 4 payouts of 100, and 2 payouts of 200, respectively. , One 500 payout amount and one 1000 payout amount are displayed. When the roulette unit 50b of the ceiling roulette device 50 is rotated and stopped, the stop position indicating panel 53 stopped at the winning position of each station 10 (a position substantially in the center of the roulette rotation direction in the upper area of each station) is displayed. The payout amount displayed on the corresponding payout display panel 52 is paid out to the player who plays at each station 10.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the flow of the ceiling roulette lottery event.
In the present embodiment, when an event award is won in the central lottery, the main control device 41 first selects a station 10 that satisfies a participation condition in a ceiling roulette lottery event to be performed (S11). A ceiling roulette lottery event may be held for all the stations without setting participation conditions. However, if a station 10 that has not been played by a player is made to participate in the ceiling roulette lottery event, the medals are paid out at the station 10 where no one is present. This is not preferable because it causes a situation where It is also preferable to exclude participation of players who participate only in the ceiling roulette lottery event and do not play the pusher game at the station 10. Therefore, in the present embodiment, a predetermined number of medals (for example, ten) are inserted between a predetermined period (for example, one minute) before the event award is won and a time when the event award is won. Is set as a participation condition. This participation condition may be determined based on, for example, a medal insertion signal transmitted from each station 10 to the main control unit when a medal is inserted. As a specific example, when receiving a medal insertion signal from each station 10, the main control device 41 increases the medal insertion count of the corresponding station 10 and receives a medal from the station 10 within a predetermined period (for example, 1 minute). What is necessary is just to judge whether the count of the input signal has reached the predetermined number. When the event prize is won, the station 10 that has reached the predetermined number of medal insertion signals at that time is deemed to satisfy the participation condition, and participation in the ceiling roulette lottery event is permitted. The participation conditions can be changed as appropriate.

  When the station 10 satisfying the participation condition is selected in this way, the main control device 41 that executes the event program generates a random number for lottery, and the stop position stored in the storage device 42 based on the generated random number. The rotation stop position of the roulette part 50b is determined with reference to the determination table (S12). Then, the main control device 41 outputs a drive start command (instruction) to the roulette driving device 51, whereby the roulette driving device 51 rotates the roulette portion 50b of the ceiling roulette device 50 (S13). Thereafter, the main control device 41 outputs a drive stop command (instruction) for stopping the rotation at the rotation stop position determined in S12 to the roulette drive device 51. Thereby, the roulette driving device 51 stops the rotation of the roulette portion 50b of the ceiling roulette device 50 at the rotation stop position according to the drive stop command (S14). Thereby, the player who plays at the station 10 that satisfies the participation condition knows how many medals can be obtained at the main roulette lottery event by looking at the payout display panel 52 stopped at the winning position of his / her station 10. be able to.

In the present embodiment, stop position control of the roulette unit 50b is performed as follows.
As described above, a signal is output from the detection sensor 55 provided in the ceiling roulette device 50 every time it detects light shielding of the optical sensor by the light shielding member as the detected portion provided in the roulette unit 50b. The roulette rotation position detection device 46 of the main control unit can grasp the current position of the light shielding member as the reference position by specifying which optical sensor among the 20 optical sensors has received the signal. it can. Since the 20 optical sensors provided on the turntable 54 are provided at positions corresponding to the 20 stop position indicating panels 53 provided, it is possible to identify the optical sensor outputting the signal. It is possible to grasp which stop position indicating panel 53 is facing which station.

When the rotation of the roulette unit 50b is stopped at the rotation stop position determined in S12, the main control device 41 refers to the rotation position information of the roulette unit 50b grasped by the roulette rotation position detection device 46, and has a predetermined timing. Then, a drive stop command is output to the roulette driving device 51.
Here, in the present embodiment, the roulette driving device 51 is provided with a motor capable of adjusting the rotation speed in 15 steps in order to smoothly show the rotation stopping operation of the roulette portion 50b by the roulette driving device 51. The rotation stop operation is performed while adjusting the rotation speed of 50b. More specifically, when the roulette driving device 51 receives a drive stop command, the deceleration start position is calculated from the rotation stop position determined in S12, and the panel is between the deceleration start position and the rotation stop position. The speed is reduced by one step for every three movements.

  After that, the main control device 41 pays out a payout for paying out medals of the payout amount displayed on the payout display panel 52 stopped at the winning position of each station 10 to a player who plays at the stations 10 satisfying the participation conditions. Processing is performed (S15). Specifically, the storage device 42 includes 20 stoppable positions at which the rotation of the roulette unit 50b of the ceiling roulette unit 50 can be stopped, and each station when the rotation of the roulette unit 50b stops at the stoppable position. The payout amount data indicating the correspondence with the payout amount that is the number of medals to be paid out to the player who plays at 10 is stored. The main control device 41 specifies the payout amount corresponding to each station 10 that satisfies the participation condition with reference to the payout amount data from the stop position determined in S12. Then, the main control device 41 outputs a medal payout command instructing each station 10 satisfying the participation condition to pay out a medal for each payout amount. Upon receiving this command, the station control device 31 of each station 10 outputs a medal payout command to the medal payout device 21. As a result, the number of medals M relating to the medal payout command is paid out into the play field 2 of the station 10.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the ceiling roulette device (result indicating device) 50 provided above the central lottery device (lottery device) 40 is perpendicular to the assumed player's eye position when the player is playing. Located above. This ceiling roulette device 50 has a central axis that passes through the center positions of ten stations 10 arranged on substantially the same circumference, and a roulette unit 50b constituted by a plurality of instruction units in the result indicating device is rotationally driven. It has a configuration. At a position vertically above the assumed player's eye position, the roulette part 50 b of the ceiling roulette device 50 is unlikely to come into contact with the constituent members of the station 10. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the roulette unit 50b of the ceiling roulette device 50 is enlarged so that the plurality of instruction units forming the roulette unit 50b are located outside the region surrounded by the plurality of stations 10. Therefore, it is possible to easily obtain a high performance effect by a large scale performance.

  In the present embodiment, a plurality of stop position instruction panels (instruction parts) 53 are provided in the roulette part 50b of the ceiling roulette device 50, and each stop position instruction panel 53 is directed to one of the ten stations 10, respectively. However, other configurations may be used. For example, a single instruction unit may be provided in the roulette unit 50 b of the ceiling roulette device 50, and the instruction unit may be configured to face one of the ten stations 10. According to this configuration, an effect of selecting one station from the ten stations 10 can be realized.

In addition, the start condition of the ceiling roulette lottery event in the present embodiment is that the result of the game at any station 10 is that the ball B is placed in the special accommodation space K by physical lottery at the station lottery device 70 at any station 10. This is a condition that a specific game result is entered, and an event prize is won in the central lottery performed thereby, but this condition can be changed as appropriate. For example, the condition may be that a specific condition such that the ball B enters the special accommodation space K in the physical lottery in the station lottery device 70 in two or more stations 10 within a predetermined period may be satisfied.
Further, the ceiling roulette lottery event may be started when a predetermined result is obtained as a result of the lottery by the lottery program of the station control device. In this case, the ceiling roulette lottery event is realized only by the station control device and the ceiling roulette device, and in this case, the central lottery device is not used.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pusher game machine 2 Play field 10 Station 20 Slot apparatus 21, 45 Medal payout apparatus 30 Station control part 31 Station control apparatus 40 Central lottery apparatus 41 Main control apparatus 42 Memory | storage device 48 Case rotation drive apparatus 50 Ceiling roulette apparatus 50b Roulette part 51 Roulette Drive Device 52 Dividend Display Panel 53 Stop Position Instruction Panel 70 Station Lottery Device

JP 2002-253842 A

Claims (6)

A plurality of game terminals arranged on substantially the same circumference;
A lottery device that is provided in front of the assumed player's eye position in each of the game terminals, and that determines a payout to be awarded when a predetermined condition is satisfied in an individual game that is advanced on each of the game terminals;
A result indicating device that is provided above the horizontal plane of the assumed player eye position and above the lottery device, and that displays a result according to the lottery result of the lottery device;
A game device comprising the lottery device and a control means for controlling the result indicating device,
The result indicating device is provided with a rotation drive unit having a rotation axis on the central axis of the substantially same circumference, and a rotation drive unit provided to be rotatable by the rotation drive unit. And a pointing device provided so as to be capable of instructing the game device. The game device according to claim 1,
The result indicating device further displays a result corresponding to a result of a lottery performed in the individual game. A plurality of game terminals arranged on substantially the same circumference;
A lottery device that is provided in front of the assumed player's eye position in each of the game terminals, and that determines a payout to be awarded when a predetermined condition is satisfied in an individual game that is advanced on each of the game terminals;
A result indicating device provided above the horizontal plane of the assumed player eye position and above the lottery device, and displaying a result according to the result of the lottery performed in the individual game;
A game device comprising the lottery device and a control means for controlling the result indicating device,
The result indicating device is provided with a rotation drive unit having a rotation axis on the central axis of the substantially same circumference, and a rotation drive unit provided to be rotatable by the rotation drive unit. And a pointing device provided so as to be capable of instructing the game device. The game device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The instruction unit instructs only one game terminal among the plurality of game terminals,
The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control means includes a control for stopping the rotation of the instruction unit such that the instruction unit instructs and stops any of the plurality of game terminals. The game device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The instructing unit instructs a predetermined number of game terminals of two or more of the plurality of game terminals,
The control device includes a control for stopping the rotation of the instruction unit so that the instruction unit instructs and stops the predetermined number of different game terminals among the plurality of game terminals. The game device according to claim 4 or 5,
The instructing unit includes a payout instructing unit that displays a payout to be given to the instructed game terminal.
The control device includes a control for giving a payout instructed by the payout instructing unit to a game terminal instructed by the instructing unit after the rotation is stopped.

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